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Pluralistic ignorance and alcohol use on campus: Some consequences of misperceiving the social norm. It is also possible that teens are misperceiving or misunderstanding the emotions of adults, leading to miscommunication both in terms of what the teen thinks the adult is feeling and in terms of the teen's response. Until we realize that Native people have a highly developed, formal, but radically different set of cultural imperatives, we are likely to continue misinterpreting their acts, misperceiving the real problems they face and imposing, through government policies, potentially harmful `remedies," writes Ross, in his 1992 book, Dancing With a Ghost. |
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